Current funding expires at the end of Friday, March 14. If a funding bill is not passed, then the government will see itself forced to furlough thousands of federal workers and reduce federal services. Thousands of federal employees have already been laid off as part of Trump’s cost-cutting measures across the government.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is facing a political minefield as he seeks to avoid a government shutdown in just 10 days, with both Republicans and Democrats complicating the path to keep the

The U.S. government is once again about a week away from a potential shutdown. But it’s different this time as President Donald Trump’s second term unfolds. While a full shutdown has been narrowly avoided by deadline in recent history,